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Ampthill market report MK45 1, Bedford
The MK45 1 (Ampthill) house price history in full, 1995 to 2026, in cash and in today's money. The raw material for this page is 8,804 HM Land Registry entries for MK45 1 (Bedford), going back to 1995: each an actual purchase at an actual price. Rents come from the ONS. Valuations, estimates and asking prices appear nowhere in it.
Covers registered sales to 2026 and ONS rents for May 2026. Refreshed monthly as new sales reach the register.
In short: the 2026 median for MK45 1 (Bedford) is £345,000, from 80 registered sales, up 8% on five years earlier; the mean is £370,800, and by floor area homes here have averaged about £4,200 per square metre over the last five years. Behind the figures sit 8,804 HM Land Registry entries going back to 1995, refreshed monthly, every one a completed sale rather than a valuation or an asking price.
A postcode sector like MK45 1 is a single group of streets within MK45 (Bedford), the finest slice the public record supports. Fewer sales stand behind each figure than at district level, so the lines jump about more.
Where MK45 1 sits
Shaded by median price on the same scale as the average prices map. Click any shape to open it on the live map with every sale plotted at its address, or zoom in past street level to see the sold homes right here.
Today's MK45 1 prices, from the sold record
Take the 80 registered 2026 sales in MK45 1 and the middle price, the median, is £345,000. The mean lands at £370,800, modestly above it, the usual shape of a market with an expensive tail.
House prices per square metre in MK45 1
A square metre of MK45 1 home has cost about £4,200 on average across the last five years of sales, using the floor area on each home's Energy Performance Certificate: the measure that puts a studio and a five-bed on the same footing.
England and Wales as a whole trade at a £285,000 median, leaving MK45 1 21% above the national figure.
A typical MK45 1 home, priced year by year (1995 to 2026)
The cash median beside its inflation-adjusted twin (ONS CPIH). The adjusted line answers the harder question, whether homes really got dearer. Hover for the figures; the legend toggles each series.
See this chart as a table
| Year | Median (cash) | Median (today's £) | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | £345,000 | £345,000 | 80 |
| 2025 | £335,000 | £343,011 | 227 |
| 2024 | £365,000 | £388,070 | 215 |
| 2023 | £330,000 | £362,589 | 173 |
| 2022 | £338,000 | £396,344 | 232 |
| 2021 | £320,000 | £405,161 | 268 |
| 2020 | £300,000 | £389,256 | 174 |
| 2019 | £328,000 | £429,929 | 264 |
| 2018 | £307,500 | £409,903 | 288 |
| 2017 | £315,000 | £429,628 | 293 |
| 2016 | £275,000 | £384,728 | 301 |
| 2015 | £241,000 | £340,533 | 234 |
| 2014 | £207,800 | £294,801 | 240 |
| 2013 | £201,800 | £290,370 | 230 |
| 2012 | £178,000 | £261,994 | 203 |
| 2011 | £181,200 | £273,542 | 174 |
| 2010 | £179,500 | £281,502 | 178 |
| 2009 | £173,700 | £279,224 | 234 |
| 2008 | £179,000 | £293,419 | 186 |
| 2007 | £190,000 | £322,293 | 337 |
| 2006 | £171,600 | £297,876 | 342 |
| 2005 | £166,000 | £295,413 | 287 |
| 2004 | £162,700 | £295,495 | 316 |
| 2003 | £138,000 | £254,229 | 329 |
| 2002 | £120,000 | £225,779 | 397 |
| 2001 | £106,000 | £203,780 | 459 |
| 2000 | £86,000 | £168,775 | 318 |
| 1999 | £75,500 | £150,468 | 429 |
| 1998 | £66,000 | £133,226 | 371 |
| 1997 | £60,500 | £124,073 | 374 |
| 1996 | £56,800 | £119,789 | 349 |
| 1995 | £54,800 | £119,127 | 302 |
In cash terms the typical MK45 1 home went from £54,800 in 1995 to £345,000 in 2026, roughly 6 times the price. Even after inflation that is a real rise of about 190%: homes here genuinely became dearer, not merely more expensive on paper. In inflation-adjusted terms the high-water mark was 2019. The market now sits about 20% below it, so a peak-time purchase has yet to recover its real value.
Year-on-year change in the MK45 1 median
Each bar is the change on the year before, in cash. The zero line is the boundary between rising and falling.
The strongest year on record here is 2001 (+23.3% on the year before); the weakest, 2020 (−8.5%). Single-year swings like these are why the annualised table below matters more than any one year's headline.
What MK45 1 has returned, per year
| Period | Cash, per year | Real terms, per year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 years (since 2025) | +3.0% | +0.6% |
| 5 years (since 2021) | +1.5% | −3.2% |
| 10 years (since 2016) | +2.3% | −1.1% |
| 20 years (since 2006) | +3.6% | +0.7% |
Compound annual growth of the median sold price; the real column deflates by ONS CPIH. Annualised figures smooth the cycle (the chart above shows the cycle), and past growth is a record, not a forecast.
How many homes change hands in MK45 1
The year-by-year sales count
Annual recorded sales. The post-2008 trough is the financial crisis; treat the final bar as provisional while registrations catch up.
Over the last twelve months of data, 80 sales completed in MK45 1. Like most of England and Wales, turnover never fully recovered from 2008: the market here averaged 348 sales a year before the financial crisis and 185 a year over the last five. Price without volume misleads: a median built on few sales jumps around, and one street can tilt it. Keep in mind too that the latest year is still filling in, since sales reach the register weeks or months after completion.
How MK45 1 trades
Within MK45, this sector trades 13% below the district median: one of its district's cheaper corners.
Rents around MK45 1
The local authority for MK45 1 is Central Bedfordshire, and its ONS average private rent currently stands at £1,247 a month (May 2026 figures). Size sets most of the rent: one-beds average £862 a month here against £2,039 for four or more bedrooms.
Average monthly rent by size, Central Bedfordshire
ONS Price Index of Private Rents, May 2026.
Against the £345,000 median purchase price, a rent of £1,247 a month (£14,964 a year) works out at a 4.3% gross yield, a ceiling figure that ignores letting costs, voids, maintenance and tax. Because rents are local-authority statistics, districts sharing the authority share the figure.
Common questions on MK45 1 (Ampthill)
Is MK45 1 (Ampthill) a good place to buy a house?
How much did a house sell for in MK45 1 (Ampthill)?
Are property prices falling in MK45 1 (Ampthill)?
Where do MK45 1 prices go next?
The record answers a different question than "what happens next": the median is up 8% over five years in cash but down 15% after inflation. Put the volume chart beside the price chart before drawing conclusions, and allow for the register's lag behind actual completions.
What is for sale in MK45 right now
The live side of the market holds 492 homes at the moment, listed by 5 agents publishing to HomesIndex.
These cover the whole MK45 district, not just MK45 1: live asking prices are collected per district.
Of everything listed here, 38% asks less than the sold record of comparable homes. Each listing is compared with recent recorded sales of similar homes nearby.
- Oliver Street, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, Ampthill
- Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire
- Maulden, Bedford, Bedford
"Under comparable sales" means the asking price sits below what similar homes nearby actually fetched. Treat it as the start of a conversation, never a valuation, and always view the home.
See every MK45 home for sale on the map →
Live asking prices from estate agents who publish a feed to HomesIndex, refreshed every Monday and Thursday: a sample of the market, not every home for sale. Asking prices are not sale prices.
What another bedroom costs in MK
What homes of each size actually sold for across the MK area, from the Land Registry record. The jump between sizes is local: in some areas a third bedroom adds a quarter to the price, in others nearly four fifths, so a national rule of thumb will mislead you here.
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | 5 bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | — | £367,500 | £495,000 (+35%) | £675,000 (+36%) | £910,000 (+35%) |
| Semi-detached | £270,000 | £320,000 (+19%) | £375,000 (+17%) | £470,000 (+25%) | £630,000 (+34%) |
| Terraced | £245,000 | £285,000 (+16%) | £330,000 (+16%) | £400,000 (+21%) | £580,000 (+45%) |
| Flat | £160,000 | £225,000 (+41%) | £307,500 (+37%) | — | — |
Four years of recorded sales, split by built form and bedroom count. The register does not state bedrooms, so sizes come from each home's EPC record and a few homes will land one size out. Where too few homes exist to say anything meaningful, the cell is blank.
The risers and the fallers
The spread across the MK area is the point: the same five years treated these districts very differently.
MK area districts: five years of change
The biggest risers and fallers in cash terms; every row links to that district's report.
Other sectors in MK45
Prices can differ sharply between two sectors a few minutes' walk apart. The rest of MK45, each linking to its own report:
| Sector | Median (latest) | Sales that year |
|---|---|---|
| MK45 2 | £450,000 | 69 |
| MK45 3 | £380,000 | 57 |
| MK45 4 | £405,000 | 61 |
| MK45 5 | £415,000 | 27 |
Zoom out to the full MK45 district report for the type split, monthly volumes and how MK45 compares with its neighbours.
Selling in MK45 1? Start from the sold record
Ground the asking price in real sold prices first. The average prices map gives a rough value in a minute: start at MK45 1's shading and zoom to the sold homes on the street itself. Agents work from this same Land Registry record when they value; this page puts it in front of you before they arrive.
For local estate agents: each district report carries one featured-agent spot, free while founding places last. Claim MK45 1.
Take it further
The AI answers from the same Land Registry data this report is built on, already scoped to MK45 1. Free after a one click sign in.
The live map plots every individual MK45 1 sale at its exact address, and the average prices map zooms from neighbourhood shading to single homes. For a specific question, the report tool writes a custom answer, and any sale's mortgage and rent calculator runs the numbers on a real purchase.
About the numbers: everything is computed from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Crown copyright, OGL v3.0), geocoded to the address; today's-money figures use the ONS CPIH index, and rents are the ONS Price Index of Private Rents by local authority. These are medians of recorded sales, not valuations, and none of it is financial advice.